Contributes to the cultural and historical education of our children: • Travelers’ Rest State Park offers place-based curriculum, developed specifically to meet School District and State standards and guidelines for Indian Education For All (IEFA). • Over 2,500 school aged children participated in school field trips to Travelers’ Rest State Park in 2010. Schools from five counties; including Missoula, Ravalli, Lake, Mineral and Lincoln organized field trips to the Park. More than 50% of all field trips to the park include IEFA component. • Travelers’ Rest provides Indian Education For All curriculum development training for teachers. In Missoula County, teachers from the Potomac School, located across Missoula County, have participated in these workshops.
Provides cross cultural and multi-cultural learning opportunities for Montana residents and visitors to our state: • Travelers’ Rest offers year-round programming; including the “Winter Story Telling” series, which is a unique opportunity for visitors to interact with Native American Elders and learn about Montana history reaching back thousands of years. Visitors learn the stories of the Salish, Pend d'Oreille and Nez Perce peoples who were among those who traditionally occupied the area. • Winter Story Telling attracts participants of all ages, but primary attendees are adults 50 and over.
Central to the fabric of the Lolo Community: • Development of Travelers’ Rest State Park was a grass-roots community effort. This 51-acre park is situated in the heart of the Lolo Community and plays a key role in preserving historic and cultural heritage as well as providing trails, connectivity and open space for the Lolo community. It provides a place for Lolo residents to learn, relax, volunteer, and enjoy the outdoors. • Travelers’ Rest offers opportunities for area residents to volunteer. Twenty-five to thirty active volunteers participate at the Park. The average age of the volunteers is 70.
Montana State Parks are an Economic Contributor to Montana Communities: • 20 to 25 thousand people visit Travelers’ Rest each year. • Visitation rates in 2010 mirrored rates seen during the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial. • According to a 2010 Bureau of Business and Economic Research study1, nonresidents visiting state parks in Region 2 (which includes Missoula County), spent $22.48 million and in the process created 288 jobs, $7.47 million in labor income and over $22.59 million in sales. This same study notes that approximately 60 percent of nonresident spending occurred outside a 50-mile radius from the parks.
1 The Bureau of Business and Economic Research. “2010 Economic Impact Survey of Visitors to Montana State Parks” December 2010. The Bureau of Business and Economic Research, The University of Montana – Missoula. Missoula, Montana
Chairman Hollandsworth and Members of the Committee, Missoula County supports funding for the Local Government Center (LGC). Among its many duties, the LGC provides invaluable training to members of Missoula County's 7 community councils, ensuring rural residents in our communities engage in County government. The LGC equips citizens with the tools they need to coordinate and communicate with local government. Please support funding for the Local Government Center. Best, Dale Bickell on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners
Message sent to: Joint Approps Subcomittee on Judicial Branch, Law Enforcement, and Justice
Chairman Gibson and Members of the Committee,
Missoula County staff had hoped to attend the hearing yesterday regarding the Department of Corrections plan to revert the Missoula Assessment and Sanction Center (MASC) program at our detention facility to a regional prison. Our apologies for not being available to provide information to each of you in that regard. The Department of Corrections changed the program from a regional prison to the MASC protocol in 2002. Since then, we have gradually converted space formerly leased to the Department to other functions necessary to meet the changing needs of our County jail and regional juvenile detention programs. It is simply not possible to go back to being a regional prison without significant investment in the facility, employee retraining, and substantial operational changes. The funding to facilitate that change is simply not available. Please ensure the Department of Corrections retains the MASC program at the Missoula County Detention Center. Respectfully, Dale Bickell on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners
Travelers’ Rest State Park – Important Facts
ReplyDeleteContributes to the cultural and historical education of our children:
• Travelers’ Rest State Park offers place-based curriculum, developed specifically to meet School District and State standards and guidelines for Indian Education For All (IEFA).
• Over 2,500 school aged children participated in school field trips to Travelers’ Rest State Park in 2010. Schools from five counties; including Missoula, Ravalli, Lake, Mineral and Lincoln organized field trips to the Park. More than 50% of all field trips to the park include IEFA component.
• Travelers’ Rest provides Indian Education For All curriculum development training for teachers. In Missoula County, teachers from the Potomac School, located across Missoula County, have participated in these workshops.
Provides cross cultural and multi-cultural learning opportunities for Montana residents and visitors to our state:
• Travelers’ Rest offers year-round programming; including the “Winter Story Telling” series, which is a unique opportunity for visitors to interact with Native American Elders and learn about Montana history reaching back thousands of years. Visitors learn the stories of the Salish, Pend d'Oreille and Nez Perce peoples who were among those who traditionally occupied the area.
• Winter Story Telling attracts participants of all ages, but primary attendees are adults 50 and over.
Central to the fabric of the Lolo Community:
• Development of Travelers’ Rest State Park was a grass-roots community effort. This 51-acre park is situated in the heart of the Lolo Community and plays a key role in preserving historic and cultural heritage as well as providing trails, connectivity and open space for the Lolo community. It provides a place for Lolo residents to learn, relax, volunteer, and enjoy the outdoors.
• Travelers’ Rest offers opportunities for area residents to volunteer. Twenty-five to thirty active volunteers participate at the Park. The average age of the volunteers is 70.
Montana State Parks are an Economic Contributor to Montana Communities:
• 20 to 25 thousand people visit Travelers’ Rest each year.
• Visitation rates in 2010 mirrored rates seen during the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial.
• According to a 2010 Bureau of Business and Economic Research study1, nonresidents visiting state parks in Region 2 (which includes Missoula County), spent $22.48 million and in the process created 288 jobs, $7.47 million in labor income and over $22.59 million in sales. This same study notes that approximately 60 percent of nonresident spending occurred outside a 50-mile radius from the parks.
1 The Bureau of Business and Economic Research. “2010 Economic Impact Survey of Visitors to Montana State Parks” December 2010. The Bureau of Business and Economic Research, The University of Montana – Missoula. Missoula, Montana
Chairman Hollandsworth and Members of the Committee,
ReplyDeleteMissoula County supports funding for the Local Government Center (LGC). Among its many duties, the LGC provides invaluable training to members of Missoula County's 7 community councils, ensuring rural residents in our communities engage in County government. The LGC equips citizens with the tools they need to coordinate and communicate with local government.
Please support funding for the Local Government Center.
Best,
Dale Bickell on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners
Message sent to: Joint Approps Subcomittee on Judicial Branch, Law Enforcement, and Justice
ReplyDeleteChairman Gibson and Members of the Committee,
Missoula County staff had hoped to attend the hearing yesterday regarding the Department of Corrections plan to revert the Missoula Assessment and Sanction Center (MASC) program at our detention facility to a regional prison. Our apologies for not being available to provide information to each of you in that regard. The Department of Corrections changed the program from a regional prison to the MASC protocol in 2002. Since then, we have gradually converted space formerly leased to the Department to other functions necessary to meet the changing needs of our County jail and regional juvenile detention programs. It is simply not possible to go back to being a regional prison without significant investment in the facility, employee retraining, and substantial operational changes. The funding to facilitate that change is simply not available.
Please ensure the Department of Corrections retains the MASC program at the Missoula County Detention Center.
Respectfully,
Dale Bickell on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners